All the rivers [a]flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers [b]flow,
There they [c]flow again.
All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
(A)The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
(B)That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:7 Lit go
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  3. Ecclesiastes 1:7 Lit go